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G. W. SAWIN.

Cultivator.

lPatented Aug. 2D, 1867.

Inventor.

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' l .Letters Patent No. 67,917, dated August 20,1867.

HORSE-HUBS.

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T0 ALL WHOM IT v'MAY CONCERN:

-Beit known that I, GEORGEVW. SnwIN,. of Nashua, in the county of Hillsboro, and State of New Hampshire, have 'invented an improved Hoi-saline; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact. description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked: thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing in a peculiar -manner a eultivator or horse-hoe, and attaching-to therear of the same a rake whichV shall collet'tfthe weeds and gruss Ywh'iehware thrown ont by the bla-des of the cultivator. The method of attaching the rake to the cultivator is such4 that 4the rake-may be thrown up onto the body ofthe hoe when it is n ot'desirable to have it work. l

Tg 'enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will .proceed to describe itsconstruction and use.V

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my horse-hoe.

Figurer is an elevation, and

Figure 3 is a plan of the same. v

I' construct my improved horse-hoe as follows: E, figs. 1 and. 3, represents a central bar, to which is rigidly attached' the head-bar N. To vthis bar N two longitudinal bars, C and C', are Vattached b'y hinged joints, fig. 3. Fastened to the side bars C C', near their rear ends, are two ares, FF', tig. 3, made of'plate iron.` Thesearcs are perforated, as shown, in s ueh a manner that. a pin, P, iig. 3, when inserted into them and into the eentrebirE, will hold them and the sidebar-s rigidly in position. The side bars C and C' may be opened so as to assume the position shown by the dotted lines in tig. 3. Attached to the head-bar N are two blades, A and A', 'formed as shown in the drawings.' To the centrelbar E, the 'blade B, and to the side bars C and C', the blades D and D are attached. To the centre bar E two suitable-handles H and H' are fastened for the purpose of guiding the horse-hoe. 'llo the rear end of thehorse-hoe a rake, J K,`is secured by means of a bolt, P', fig. 3, which passes through eye-bolts inserted into the rake-head W, and the bars C, E, and C', as, shown in iig. 3. This rake may be turned down, as shown in the drawings, and secured by means of the hook T holdingin the staple S, iig. 1, or the rake may be turned on `to` the body of the hoe and become inoperative, or, by slipping out the bolt P' may be detached entirelyfrom the other parts of the implement.. The bar L, to which the whiflle-tree is attached, may be elevated or depressed at will, and held in position by means loi" the are M and a small pin, shown in fig. 1. The blades A, A', B,' D, and D', are attached to the body of the hoe by shanksQ and pins V, tig. 1, so that'any number of them may be removed and the remainder left in position to work.

When it is desirable to use this hoe to soften the earth and weed out between the rows, all the blades and the rake maybe left in position, as shown in g. 3. When used in this manner it will soften the ground and collect the weeds. i i Y When it is desirable to use my horse-hoe to "hill up rows of vegetables, the blade B and the rakeJK should be removed, then the hoe is held in such position that the row of vegetables shall be between the blades lA and A', in which case these blades will hill up the earth on either side of the vegetables, while the blades D and D' loosen the earth on either side.

,Havingl thus described my invention, I will now proeeed'to set forth my claim.

t What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersIatent of the United States, is

1. The combination as well as the arrangement ot' the rake-J with the blades D, D', B, A, and A', made substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. 'l'liezcombination and arrangements of the gathering-in blades AA' with the blades D and D', made lSiabstzlnltially as described and for the purpose lset forth.

`3. The combination of the movable blade B with the adjustable bars C and C', made substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

` GEORGE w. SAWIN.

vWitnesses:

WxLLIAu EDsoN, A, .-HUN Banny. 

